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Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts

Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts Principal Investigators Abigail Archer, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Co-Principal Investigators Melissa Sanderson, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance Michele Insley, Wellfleet SPAT (Shellfish Promotion and Tasting ) Summary The project explores the potential to broaden…

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Funded Projects by Year

Funded Projects  2010 – Present 2024-2025 Collapse Jill Carr of the University of Massachusetts Boston, Forest Schenck of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and Alison Frye of Salem Sound Coastwatch Restoring Eelgrass: Identifying best practices for a seed-based approach   Ken Foreman and Ketil Koop-Jackobson of Marine Biological Laboratory, and Matt Long of Woods…

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Storms, Erosion, Flooding

Storms, Erosion, Flooding Seventy-five percent of the population of Massachusetts lives in coastal counties and our coasts provide an even greater number of people a wide range of economic, social, and recreational opportunities. Competing uses of our coastline can result in conflicts between the protection of waterfront upland property and the preservation of the beneficial…

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River Herring

River Herring Over the past 300 years, what had been a bountiful harvest of river herring declined for many reasons including dam construction and poor water quality. In the late 20th century, herring populations sharply dropped to as little as one percent of their historic size. Woods Hole Sea Grant is working in partnership with…

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Reduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering

Reduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering Principal Investigators Ken Foreman, Marine Biological Laboratory Ketil Koop-Jackobson, Marine Biological Laboratory Matt Long, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Abstract Over the last 70 years, Cape Cod has seen rapid population growth and minimal investment in wastewater infrastructure. This has added significant amounts of nitrogen to the…

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Shucked Oyster Rapid Response Program

RAPID RESPONSE: Assisting Shellfish Growers Impacted by COVID-19 Making In-roads Toward a Shucked Oyster Market in Massachusetts Overview With the arrival of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures to mitigate its spread including the closure of restaurants, sales of oysters have plummeted. With little access to their traditional markets, shellfish aquaculture businesses and the related…

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Surf Clams

Surf Clams In the marketplace, one-year-old surf clams are known as “New England Butter Clams” – a relatively new product on the market. Farming New England Butter Clams means they can be harvested at a size in which they are tender, buttery and sweet – as well as easy and versatile to prepare. This results…

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Teacher Workshop: October, 29 2019-Coastal Wetlands

Carbon Cycling in Coastal Wetlands   Presenters: Dr. Anne Giblin, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Senior Scientist – Rising Seas and the Fate of Coastal Salt Marshes   Dr. Meagan Eagle Gonneea, U.S. Geological Survey Research Scientist – Blue Carbon in Our Backyard: Coastal Wetlands, Climate, Management, and Markets   Date: October 2019   Lesson Plans…

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September 2019 Newsletter

Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter September 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019 CONTENTS How Do Sharks Respond to Internal Waves in the Ocean? Inspiring Girls in Science Knauss Profile: Amalia Aruda Almada Coastal Conference Series Spotlights Nantucket Sea Grant Participates in First Northeast Water Quality Monitoring Blitz Upcoming Workshop for Educators Knauss Fellowship Opportunity Now Open!…

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Community Rating System

Community Rating System (CRS) Flooding and insurance costs have become a more prominent issue in the past several years as sea levels rise, precipitation patterns shift, and Congress reorganizes the National Flood Insurance Program. In 2015, the Community Rating System (CRS) and Floodplain Coordinator position was created to assist communities with participation in the CRS…

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